Diloma samoaense
Appearance
Diloma samoaense | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Genus: | Diloma |
Species: | D. samoaensis
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Binomial name | |
Diloma samoaensis Schwabe & Barclay, 2003[1]
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Diloma samoaensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 11 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off Tutuila, the largest and the main island of American Samoa in the archipelago of Samoan Islands.
References
- ^ Schwabe & Barclay. 2003. Novapex 4 (1): 29-32. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- ^ Diloma samoaensis Schwabe & Barclay, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
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